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Iconic entrepreneur Bernie Marcus, who co-founded Home Depot, dies at age 95
In his final years, Marcus became a conservative megadonor and unapologetic backer of Donald Trump.
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Controversy: Mario Vargas Llosa is the first writer in Spanish language to enter the French Academy
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa will become "Immortal" this Thursday, the name by which members of the French Academy are known
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Hong Kong giving away 500,000 free airline tickets to get tourists back
To get a ticket, aspiring visitors have to visit the World of Winners page starting on March 1 and enter their names to join the lottery for the flights
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Florida: Home to some of the nation’s deadliest beaches
New Smyrna Beach ranked number one as America’s “deadliest beach"
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30-year-old dog breaks record for oldest canine ever
Bobi was born on May 11, 1992, on a farm in the rural village of Conqueiros in Leiria, Portugal
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New Mexico could be the first state with an official aroma: roasted chili pepper
If signed into law, the aroma of roasted chile would be added to the nearly two dozen other official state symbols
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Green comet will be seen for the first time since Stone Age
The comet takes such a long time to pass by the Earth because its orbit around the sun takes it through the outer reaches of the solar system
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Increase in human rights abuses, repression curbed corruption in Cuba and Nicaragua, says report
In Latin America, Venezuela ranked the lowest with a score of 14 on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)
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As food prices rise, so do egg seizures at the border
The CBP has reported a 108% increase in seized egg products and poultry throughout several ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border
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China's population decreases for the first time in 60 years
The population of mainland China fell by 850,000 people in 2022, to 1.41175 billion—the first decline in population since 1961